Sewing Blog
Our Interview With Dressmaker of the Year Winner Portia Lawrie
Children, clothing, customising, dress, dressmaking, Garment Construction, garments, sewing, upcycling,
2017
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Earlier this year, Sew and our sister title Make It Today Dressmaker, launched the very first Dressmaker of the Year competition. As the second event gets away, we chat to Portia Lawrie, winner of the Customising category and the coveted title of Dressmaker of the Year overall, about her winning…
2017
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Before launching Pier&Palace, I didn’t realise the sheer amount of people who love PDF patterns. Turns out, it’s an awful lot!
We’ve been getting to know Karen Thacker, the founder of brand new indie pattern house Pier&Palace. We’re so impressed by everything this up and coming designer has done (spoiler alert: worldwide travel, wedding…
Join In Bernina’s Christmas Tree Campaign
Christmas, decoration, Gifts, how, Inspiration, sewing, stitching,
2017
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Christmas offers so many stitchy opportunities to get creative, such as stitching your own festive tree decorations. They also make lovely gifts for others, showing that you are thinking of them and becoming treasured mementos to be brought out every year.
With this in mind, sewing machine brand Bernina is teaming…
11 Jul 2024
While there was some sort of football on the other side, we were engrossed in this week’s Sewing Bee (OK, we…
4 Jul 2024
It may have been a day later than expected but Lingerie Week on The Great British Sewing Bee was worth…
26 Jun 2024
This week we welcomed mini models into the sewing room as it was Children’s Week on The Great British Sewing Bee…
11 Jul 2024
While there was some sort of football on the other side, we were engrossed in this week’s Sewing Bee (OK, we…
4 Jul 2024
It may have been a day later than expected but Lingerie Week on The Great British Sewing Bee was worth…
26 Jun 2024
This week we welcomed mini models into the sewing room as it was Children’s Week on The Great British Sewing Bee…